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Soft Materials

Soft Materials is a class of materials characterized by their low elastic moduli and susceptibility to deformation under thermal or mechanical stresses, distinguished from hard materials by their dominance of weak intermolecular forces and collective dynamic behaviors typical of polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, foams, and gels.

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The elasticity and strength of paper and other fibrous materials

Henry Cox · British Journal of Applied Physics · 1952 · 3.5K citations

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A Theory of Large Elastic Deformation

M. Mooney · Journal of Applied Physics · 1940 · 3.5K citations

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Elastic materials with couple-stresses

R. A. Toupin · Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis · 1962 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Conditions for the localization of deformation in pressure-sensitive dilatant materials

John W. Rudnicki, J. R. Rice · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1975 · 2.5K citations

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Printing ferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials

Yoonho Kim, Hyunwoo Yuk, Ruike Renee Zhao et al. · Nature · 2018 · 2.1K citations

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  1. CM
    Carmel Majidi

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    37 publications · 7.6K citations

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  2. JP
    Jian Ping Gong

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    26 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. CH
    Chung‐Yuen Hui

    Cornell University, United States

    29 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. CC
    Costantino Creton

    ESPCI Paris, France

    21 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. ZS
    Zhigang Suo

    Harvard University, United States

    19 publications · 2.2K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    72 h-index

    930 publications

    55.8K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    56 h-index

    255 publications

    41.5K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    55 h-index

    650 publications

    38.1K citations

  4. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    48 h-index

    456 publications

    28.8K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    48 h-index

    235 publications

    77.9K citations

  6. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    46 h-index

    198 publications

    36.7K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    45 h-index

    153 publications

    13K citations

  8. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    42 h-index

    408 publications

    24.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Applied Polymer Science

    289 publications · 15.6K citations

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  2. Polymer

    196 publications · 12.6K citations

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  3. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

    123 publications · 14.8K citations

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  4. Macromolecules

    130 publications · 9.5K citations

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  5. Soft Matter

    211 publications · 10.4K citations

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